Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-25

| or any of its branches thereof, or upon
any railroad within this state which il has
the right, license or permission to use,
operate or control, the samei shall be
deemed guilty Of extortion, and upon
! convict N thereof shall be dealt with as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. I. That if any railroad corpora
ton as aforesaid, shall make any unjust
! discrimination in its rates or charges Of
/ toll, or compensation for the transporta-
ton of passengers or frelghts of any de
SCription, or for the use and trsnsporta-
ton of any railroad car upon its said
road, or upon any of the branches there
/ of, or upon any railroad connected there
with. which it has the right, license or
! permission to operate, control or use
within this state; the same shall be
deemed guilty of having violated the pre-
SiOns OF this act, and, upon conviction
! thereof, shall be dealt with as hereinafter
4 provided.
/ Sec. D. That the commissioners ap-
pointed as her inbefore provided shall.
rs provided in the next section Of this act,
make reasonable and Just rates CT freight
and passenger tariffs 10 be observed by
all railroad companies doing business i'll
this state on the railroads thereof: shall
make reasonable and Just rules and regu-
lations to be observed by sll railroad
companies doing business in this state as
to charges at any and ell points, fer the
necessary handling and delivering OF
freights; shall make such Just aid reason
acle rules and regulations as may be nee
essary for preventing unjust diScrimina
tiUns in ghe transportation of freight and
pas 'engerS on the railroads in this state;
shall make reasonable and just rates OF
charges for use Of raIlroad cars carrying
euy and al kinds OF freight and paSser-
gers on said railroads, nc matter by
whom owned and carried; and shall
make reasonable and Just rules and regu-
latiOn to be observed by said rail
road companies on said railroads
to prevent the giving or paying of
any rebate or bonus, directly or in
directly, and from misleading or deCeiy-
ing the public in any manner as TO the |
real rates charged for freight and passen- |
gers; provided, that nothing in this act
contained shall be taken as in any man |
Ter abridging or controlling the rates |
for freights charged by eny railroad com |
pany in this state for carrying freight |
which comes from or goes beyond the |
boundaries of the state, and On which |
freight less than the local rates on any
railroad carrying the same are charged by
such railroad; bat said railroad com
panies shall possess the same power and
right to charge such rates for carrying
such freights as they possessed before
the passage of this act, aud said commits
sioners shall have full power BY rules
and regulations to designate and fix the
difference in the rates of freight and pas
seIger transportation, to be allowed for
Longer and shorter distances, on the same
or different railroads. and to ascertain
what shall be the limits of longer and
shorter distances.
Sec. 6. That said railroad commission
ers are hereby authorized and required
to make for esCh of the railroad corpora
tons doing business in this state, as
soon as practicable, schedule of lust
and reasonable rates Of charges for the
of passengers and freights
and cars on each of said railroads; and !
said schedule shall, III all suits brought {
against said railroad corporations where {
in is involved the charges of any such
railroad corporations for the Transports i
ion Of sry passecgge-, or freight, or cars, l